Rickey Henderson Quotes

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.

I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.

I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Baseball is just my job.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

I was a big Dave Winfield guy growing up.

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.

If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.

Everybody believed you had to have a big piece of lumber and then muscle the ball over the fence. But by the time I and Hank Aaron - another guy who did it with his wrists - were through, there were a lot of guys ordering light bats and playing handball.

To me, hitting the ball in the air means hitting a line drive, and I hit far more balls in the air.

I think I'm constantly trying to grow as a pitcher. You start going out there, you're learning stuff, you're finding different ways to try to get guys out. Trying to be creative.

I play baseball. I don't deal with trades, free agency, any of that stuff.

A line drive to the warning track on one pitch, I'll take that over a strikeout any day.

The pitcher is in trouble, not me. He has to throw it over the plate and I have to put a good swing on it.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.

I saw a lot of good hitters but I never saw a better one than Paul Waner. I mean I once threw a side arm spitter right into his belly and he hit it into the upper deck.

But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.

One curve I'll always remember was when I was pitching for Pittsburgh. Terry Kennedy was a young player with St. Louis. I threw him an 0-2 curve and it snapped. Terry's reaction was to swing straight down, like he was chopping the plate with an axe. It was the last out of the inning. After I ran off the mound, I looked over at the St. Louis dugout. There were players rolling around on the floor, laughing. Poor Terry. I'll have to admit that was a hell of a curveball.